
For the past two years my parents have had two Korean foreign exchange students staying with them while they finished up highschool in the states. These two boys became like part of the family. We had them with us through the holidays and usually part of the summers too. My mother was always taking pictures
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I’m very exited to have found a new challenge blog…The Altered Alice! I absolutely LOVE all things Alice so this is right up my alley. The challenge this month is “Tea Things”. I snagged a mini tea set at a tag sale a few months ago which I planned to make paper flower arrangements out
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I have a large family and I’ve always wanted to create a unique family tree for my Grandparents. Because my family is so big and continues to grow I find it difficult to include everyone in a traditional family tree with names and birth dates. By using creative prompts as inspiration from challenges around the
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Had to get my Geek on for this weeks Grungy Monday challenge. To see the technique used for this challenge check out Tim’s Blog post. I was trying to finish this project as a gift for my son’s teacher but ran out of time (I bit off a little more than I could chew this
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Ah Summer Solstice!! Just in time for the beginning of summer and the end of the school year comes the Welcome Summer Challenge over at the Kraft Journal. I need a break from cards so this week I made tags instead…which I happened to need anyway to complete the gifts I made for the Teacher’s
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I created this custom art journal for a friend using an old book, sketch paper and old magazines. I know it’s a bit dark but since my friend pens rather dark poetry I had to play to my audience. I did attempt to throw in some girly fluff to soften it up a bit…well disguised
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